MY ROYAL PAST by Cecil Beaton [Baroness von Bulop] - 1939

London: B. T. Batsford, 1939. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket issued. Shelf wear, edging and soiling to covers. Spine-ends and board edges rubbed and toned. First edition.

London: B. T. Batsford LTD, 1939. First edition. Cloth. Good. 10" by 7.5". Cecil Beaton. The first edition of this satirical Cecil Beaton novel, an illustrated account of the life of a fictional Baroness. The first edition of this work.Cecil Beaton's entertaining faux-memoir on the Baroness von Bulop, a fictional aristocratic woman whose reminiscences form this novel.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-two plates, and full-paged and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Beaton is a renowned fashion, portrait, and war photographer, well known and loved for his stage and costume design for films and theatre. He won Academy Awards for his costume design for the films 'Gigi' and 'My Fair Lady'.Without the original dustwrapper.Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some marks to the boards and spine. Light rubbing and discolouration to the spine. A couple of small cracks to the rear… Read More

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1960. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Cecil Beaton. An illustrated satirical novel by Cecil Beaton, poking fun at the aristocracy, illustrated by Beaton throughout. In the original unclipped dustwrapper.Cecil Beaton's entertaining faux-memoir on the Baroness von Bulop, a fictional aristocratic woman whose reminiscences form this novel.Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-two plates, and in-text illustrations.Beaton is a renowned fashion, portrait, and war photographer, well known and loved for his stage and costume design for films and theatre. He won Academy Awards for his costume design for the films 'Gigi' and 'My Fair Lady'.'File Copy' label taped to the recto to the front endpaper, with a 'Production Dept. File Copy' stamp.A revised edition of this work. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, generally smart, with marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the spine. Some light spots… Read More

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1960. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Cecil Beaton. Cecil Beaton's entertaining novel about an aristocratic woman, the Baroness von Bulop, an amusing work with Beaton's illustrations. In the original unclipped dustwrapper.Cecil Beaton's entertaining faux-memoir on the Baroness von Bulop, a fictional aristocratic woman whose reminiscences form this novel.Illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty-two plates, and in-text illustrations.Beaton is a renowned fashion, portrait, and war photographer, well known and loved for his stage and costume design for films and theatre. He won Academy Awards for his costume design for the films 'Gigi' and 'My Fair Lady'.Stamp to the recto to the front endpaper, numerical ink to the half-title.A revised edition of this work. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, generally smart, with some marks to the boards and spine. A little bumping to the spine and extremities. Stamp to… Read More